North Central H.S. Distinguished Alumna

SPOKANE SMITH
HUTCHISON

Class of
1934Inducted 2012

After her graduation from NC, Spokane Smith Hutchinson
earned a degree in English from the University of Idaho in 1939. In 1956
“Spokey” began a 25-year career on the staff at Lewis and Clark H.S. In addition
to teaching English, she served as adviser for the school’s Associated Student
Body and talent club. In 1975 she was named LC’s “Teacher of the Year.”

In the late 1970s, Mrs. Hutchinson successfully lobbied the
city to close Howard Street through the LC campus. In 1981, the resulting green
space on the west side of the school was dedicated in her honor. That same year
she was on the North Central alumni committee that worked to pass the bond
issue that resulted in a new NC building.

On her death in 1984, the Spokane Education
Association established the “Spokane Hutchinson Memorial Scholarship,” which is
awarded annually to a teacher and a student in the Spokane public schools.